Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-28
FRUIT ON THE FARM.
Timely Advice on Canning, Drying ana
Evaporating Orchard Products.

Timely Advice ON Canning, Drying and
Evaporating Orchard Products.
The business of canning and eyap.
Grating fruits and vegetables has been
steadily growing for many years past,
until 1t has now assumed immense pro-
portions. 1t the work is done proper.
~, which is not always the case, the
fruits and vegetables will retain their
fully-developed richness to an extent
that early grown fruits and vegetables
do not equal, and for this reason the
evaporated fruit is often used after the
early-grown fruit is placed on the mar
ket- This is very good plan to fol-
low, and is not only cheaper, but is
also more healthy for the consumer.
Consumers in general are using
canned and evaporated goods more
and more each year, and as natural
consequence the evaporating factories
are having quite boom.
The canning process is easily done
at home by the farmers wife, and all
who are conveniently situated should
by all means put up enough fruit to
supply their own family abundantly
during the winter. Good sauce is quite
a luxury, and is also quite health-giv-
ing in Its effect on the human system,
and oftentimes wards off disease by
aiding in digestion, and in this way is
not only valuable for what nourish-
ment it contains in itself, but also acts
as an appetizer, and by its steady use
the other food is better assimilated.
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put up what canned fruit he needs, and
he will then know just what he has
got and feel better in using it than
when he has to buy it from the factory.
OF course the farmer should not ex-
pect to compete with the factories, and
try to market his canned goods, I'M
less it is done on a very extensive
scale, but il is only simple matter to
put up what is needed of the different
fruits and vegetables for family con-
sumption. And when this is done, the
farmer will have the advantage of Sc
lecting the fruit when it is in its best
condition for canning, which is not al
ways the case with factory goods.
Besides this, when they are put up at
home the best varieties can be selected,
and absolute cleanliness assured.
Preserves are desirable to have as
change, and it is best to fix up GER
tain amount of this variety of sauce,
but the simple process of canning is
much easier and cheaper, and the fruit
can then be used little at time, as is
desired. for table use.
There should be supply of dried
fruit also prepared for winter use, as
it is very easy to accomplish and quite
desirable to have, as a change. later in
the season. Evaporated fruit is, how
ever, far superior to dried fruit, and
should not be classed with it by any
means. The process by which it is
obtained is altogether different, and
like most other articles of superior
value or quality. it requires more
trouble and expense to secure it.
h During the first process of evapora-
ton intense heat is used. which will
affect the outer surface of the fruit
only, and will form an impenetrable
coating, thus retaining the perfect
flavor and other desirable qualities of
the fruits. There are a great many
different patterns and styles of evapo-
rators that do good work, but the prin-
cipal trouble is that they are quite ex-
pensive. aud can only be used to profit
where the business is done on large
scale, and as yet they are not cheap
enough for family use.
Nearly all kinds of fruit and many
vegetables. can be evaporated to good
advantage, and the field of operation
is considerably more extensive than
that comprised by the drying
method. All the evaporation process
does is to draw out the surplus moist
ure, and when the fruit is used on the
table this moisture can be easily re-
stored, and thus the consumer has a
welcome substitute for the genuine
article when it can not be obtained.
and it often is very hard to tell the
difference between them. - Western
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